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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

This article is dedicated to my first piano teacher Bonnie, my
second piano teacher Doris, my parents who paid for and drove me to all
those lessons (may they rest in peace), and my sister Kathy, who would
like everyone to know that she was the one who taught me my first song.

Photo: Cheryl Magness

"You don’t have to major in music to reap the benefits of music lessons. You don’t even have to get very good at it." notes Cheryl Magness, writer, musician, and homeschool mom.

Photo: The Federalist

A
few weeks ago on Facebook I found my first piano teacher. I only took
lessons from her for about two years, but almost 45 years later I still
have a clear picture in my mind of the petite and pretty young blonde
woman who first showed me how to put my thumbs on middle C.

Turns out she was only 19 when she took me as a student, although she
seemed very grown-up to my 5-year-old self. When she married and moved
away I nervously started taking lessons with her mother, who taught on
the big piano in the fancy room with the silver tea service instead of
on the spinet in the basement.As a result of those early lessons, piano, and music in general, became a
lifelong pursuit. I got a degree in music and have made good personal
and professional use of it for 30 years. But even if I hadn’t done so, I
would still be thankful for parents who believed paying for lessons for
all those years was worth it. You don’t have to major in music to reap
the benefits of music lessons. You don’t even have to get very good at
it. Below are six reasons everyone should take music lessons at some
point in their lives.

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I have an education in the teaching adults and adult learning from Roskilde University, with Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Human Resource Development (HRD) as specially studied subjects. I am the author of several articles and publications about the use of decision support tools, e-learning and computer-mediated communication. I am a member of The Danish Mathematical Society (DMF), The Danish Society for Theoretical Statistics (DSTS) and an individual member of the European Mathematical Society (EMS). Note: Comments published here are purely my own and do not reflect those of my current or future employers or other organizations.